Hi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Just when the evolution of the intellectual level from the social level took
> place in history can only be speculated on" (RMP)
> "Cavemen are usually depicted as hairy, stupid creatures who don’t do much,
> but anthropological studies of contemporary primitive tribes suggest that
> stone age people were probably bound by ritual all day long. There’s a
> ritual for washing, for putting up a house, for hunting, for eating and so
> on—so much so that the division between “ritual” and “knowledge” becomes
> indistinct. In cultures without books ritual seems to be a public library for
> teaching the young and preserving common values and information.
> These rituals may be the connecting link between the social and intellectual
> levels of evolution." (RMP, Lila, Cap. 30)
Can you elaborate on the significance of that quote in this thread?
Magnus
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